Today I did hilly intervals for the first time on my own. Before I have done it with Coach K Runners.

So the temperature was 3oC (37F), windy, rain in the air.

So first I ran to St Hans Hills as warmup

1.05 miles (1.69K)
average speed: 6.18 min/k

I would do 2 sets of a longer hill, a middle hill and a short hill

So I got ready for the longest hill and was pepping myself. When I got to the top I was breathless and had taste of blood in my mouth. Gosh how breathless you can get when you have not done this in a while.

After I had recovered a bit it was time for the middle hill and was also breathless when I got to the top and had taste of blood in my mouth. When I recovered it started to snow or hail for a short moment. Snow is on its way. But the snow stopped after a short time.

After that it was time for the shortest hill which was really gooey and slippery

There was another girl who was running on the middle hill so I saw her a couple of times

Before I started set 2 I drank some water and headed down to the longest hill again and it was as awful as the first time. Very breathless on the top.

Recovered a bit. Ran down to the middle hill and was also really breathless afterwards.

And finally the short hill which was as slippery and gooey as before.

I really hate intervals, when I started some years ago I got dyspnea but lucky me I do not have that issue anymore. It happens occasionally and so bad as before but this is really good training.

1.68 miles (2.71K)
average speed: 9.01 min/k
Max speed: 3.54 min/k
VO2 Max: 43 ml/kg/min

When the hilly intervals was over it was time to cool down by running home

1.31 miles (2.11K)
average speed: 6.54 min/k
Max speed: 6.40 min/k

So to sum it up:

Total distance: 4.04 miles (6.51K)
Total time: 49.04 min